Golf travel
Golf in Germany
Germany's most celebrated course is a surprise: Budersand, a genuine modern links in the North Sea dunes of Sylt, routinely rated the best in the country — proof that links golf isn't only a British thing.
Best Apr–Oct; Sylt is a wind-exposed North Sea island, so pack for coastal weather
Germany isn't the first place golfers picture for a trip — but it has one course that turns heads: Budersand, on the chic North Sea island of Sylt. Opened in 2008, it's a genuine modern links laid out in the dunes at the island's southern tip, and it's spent years at or near the top of Germany's rankings, a fixture on continental-Europe top-100 lists.
It's an unexpected, characterful links pilgrimage attached to a five-star hotel, reachable from Hamburg, and a world away from the parkland golf most associate with the country. We start with Budersand, Germany's standout, and will build out from there.